“Compensation” you mean probably a pittance of maybe an hour’s wage and some “identity theft protection” from a credit rating company that’s also suffered data breaches?
these class action lawsuits are nothing but performances that line the pockets of law firms (and the lawyers at the companies) while allowing investors, c-suite executives and board members to direct employees to penny pinch when it comes to keeping private data safe, respecting existing laws and regulations or really caring at all about anything but maximizing quarterly profits.
no one should be initiating or joining any of these class action suits- firms always settle, don’t give two shits about the size of the settlement (so they are never large enough to actually discourage companies, nor compensate those affected), only caring about getting a company to pay their salaries and bonuses while denying theyve ever done anything wrong.
If you qualify, maybe take a moment to contact the law firm and tell them to either actually try to win these cases - seeking penalties that actually deter behavior - or be labeled as obviously complicit in the shitty behavior of the breached company by accepting a settlement that does nothing but pay the law firm and allow ATT to continue to do more of the same. don’t be a willing participant in their sad grift passed off as justice
“Compensation” you mean probably a pittance of maybe an hour’s wage and some “identity theft protection” from a credit rating company that’s also suffered data breaches?
these class action lawsuits are nothing but performances that line the pockets of law firms (and the lawyers at the companies) while allowing investors, c-suite executives and board members to direct employees to penny pinch when it comes to keeping private data safe, respecting existing laws and regulations or really caring at all about anything but maximizing quarterly profits.
no one should be initiating or joining any of these class action suits- firms always settle, don’t give two shits about the size of the settlement (so they are never large enough to actually discourage companies, nor compensate those affected), only caring about getting a company to pay their salaries and bonuses while denying theyve ever done anything wrong.
If you qualify, maybe take a moment to contact the law firm and tell them to either actually try to win these cases - seeking penalties that actually deter behavior - or be labeled as obviously complicit in the shitty behavior of the breached company by accepting a settlement that does nothing but pay the law firm and allow ATT to continue to do more of the same. don’t be a willing participant in their sad grift passed off as justice
The only real downside to doing this is losing the ability to sue individually. What’s your success like so far in your suits?